Strategic Literacy Initiative: Student Learning: Student Comments The Center for media literacy is dedicated to a new vision of literacy for the 21st The web site describes CML activities, professional development http://www.wested.org/stratlit/research/literacylinks.shtml
Extractions: jbouc@wested.org Literacy Links Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org/ The Center for Media Literacy is dedicated to a new vision of literacy for the 21st century: the ability to communicate competently in all media forms, print and electronic, as well as to access, understand, analyze and evaluate the powerful images, words and sounds that make up our contemporary mass media culture. The web site describes CML activities, professional development opportunities, and resources that are available from CML. Great Books Online Community List http://www.greatbooks.org The Great Books Foundation offers people of all ages an exciting way to read and discuss outstanding works of literature. As a nonprofit educational organization, they publish reading series for children and adults and conduct training in the Shared Inquiry method throughout the United States and abroad. The Great Books Foundation sponsors free public discussions in cities around the country to encourage conversation about community values and enduring ideas. This web site offers resources, advice, and information to parents and teachers to help child learn to love to read and discuss ideas.
Media Literacy For Success media literacy for Success is designed for educators, 41 lesson plans (K12)that teach students to challenge media messages shaping our attitudes, http://www.nmmlp.org/NEW PRODUCT PAGES/ML-for-success.htm
Extractions: A Boxed Set of Five CD-ROMs Media Literacy for Success is designed for educators, health professionals, trainers, community activists and non-profits who want to address a wide variety of media literacy topics such as: The five CD-ROMs in the set contain over 700 printable pages of lesson plans, handouts, Internet articles, extension activities and helpful resources and over 300 media examples including TV commercials, audio tracks, print ads, video clips, songs and newspaper articles. Interdisciplinary materials support many core subject teaching standards. Lesson plans include writing components, inquiry-based discussions and hands-on activities that build critical thinking. Easily modifiable for different ages and abilities.
Multimedia 41 lesson plans (K12) that teach students to challenge media messages shapingour attitudes, media literacy for Health A K-12 Activity Curriculum http://www.nmmlp.org/multimedia.htm
ACC-Resources-Education Information and resources for teaching the learning disabled and learning with media literacy. Information and activities designed to heighten critical http://www.americaconnects.net/resources/default.asp?topicid=20
Renee Hobbs Published as Teaching media literacy Yo! Are You Hip to This? Student generatedproduction activities are found less frequently in American schools, http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/readings/articles/hobbs/teachingml.html
Extractions: ReneeHobbs@aol.com Published as "Teaching Media Literacy Yo! Are You Hip to This?" Media Studies Journal, Winter 1994. Yo! Are you hip to these? Are you in the know? Cause here's where Ego Minis are made to go In Yo' Mouth! Who needs a plate? In Yo' Mouth! Cause they're made to fit your face! In Yo' Mouth! They're mega-yum. In Yo' Mouth! The taste is pure fun! Walking down the corridors of a middle school in suburban Massachusetts, the distinctive sound of a television commercial stands out against the more traditional patter of classroom noises. Inside, a teacher is leading a discussion about this particular TV ad. A list of all the computer graphics and other images appears on the blackboard more than 30 different descriptions written in a student's handwriting. "Who's the target audience?" asks the teacher.
Extractions: This study reports the findings of qualitative and quantitative research designed to assess the impact of different types of instructional practices involving media literacy education across the curriculum. Teachers in a small school district participated in a staff development program in media literacy and developed unique approaches for integrating media literacy concepts into language arts, history, math and science at the ninth grade level. The work of four different teams of ninth grade teachers is described by examining the instructional practices, motivations and philosophy behind teachers' application of media literacy concepts into the curriculum. In the United States, despite all the rhetoric, most school-based media literacy initiatives have been based on the efforts of a single teacher in a school or district, working alone. It has generally been difficult to sustain district-level or even school-wide initiatives in media literacy over time. A history of the first phase of implementing "critical viewing skills" instruction in the 1980s revealed that only four school districts in the United States had attempted to develop media literacy skills education (Brown, 1991), and most evaluation models examined the program outcomes on very small numbers of students, usually a single classroom (Anderson, 1980). In the late 1990s, the authors are aware of only a handful of new district-wide initiatives in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, and New Mexico. Research on media literacy continues to be constrained with so few large-scale implementations available for observation and evaluation.
Project Look Sharp - Workshops teachers can address these effects through classroom discussion and medialiteracy activities. media literacy Integration into Specific Curricula http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/services_workshops.php
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Literacy Online - Papers From The 2nd Asia Regional Literacy Forum (2) Integration of literacy planning into the general activities devoted to Although the media have been widely used to promote literacy campaign, http://www.literacyonline.org/products/ili/webdocs/dastidar.html
Extractions: Mihir Ghosh Dastidar The Teheran Conference Report of 1965 stated that no literacy campaign should be started unless and until there has been provision for adequate, appropriate and accessible materials for follow-up practices by neo-literates. The Expert Team on Evaluation of Experimental Literacy Project said, "For literacy to be effective and lasting, it must be sustained by an infrastructure that not only provides literates with abundant reading matter but also maintains their taste for reading and broadens their horizon" (UNESCO/tJNI:)P. 1976). In other words, follow-through for post-literacy does not mean merely to reinforce literacy techniques by providing reading materials but to create an environment that encourages individuals to act effectively as literates in daily life and to react critically to their understanding of reality. The Persipolis (1976) Declaration pointed the way, stating that literacy is a fundamental human right that contributes to human liberation and full development. In April 1977, UNESCO Experts on Post Literacy stated: By post-literacy we understand all measures taken to enable the neo-literate to put into practice the skills acquired and to increase the knowledge obtained during the previous stage. Thus he will be able to go beyond what he has learned and to use his new knowledge; and above all, by learning how to learn and how to make decisions, take an active part in the continuing process of development and mastery of his environment.
The Education Arcade :: The Future Of Videogames In Education Printer friendly page Article index for Games literacy Misc Index Comparative media Studies Room 130 teacher Education Program Games to teach. http://www.educationarcade.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&r
Media Literacy ERIC Digest 152 discusses teaching media literacy so that learners can The more learners are involved in ML activities, the more likely they are to http://reading.indiana.edu/ieo/digests/d152.html
Extractions: EDO-CS-00-03 July 2000 Children today are growing up in what O'Sullivan, Dutton and Rayner (1998) call a "media saturated" world, in which mass media, including the Internet, have a commanding presence in daily life. Media messages exert such powerful "social, emotional and intellectual influences" (Hepburn, 1999) that it is important to develop a society which understands how media can both serve and deceive. It is thus imperative for educators to teach what Megee (1997) calls "the new basic"- media literacy - so that learners can be producers of effective media messages as well as "critical consumers of ideas and information" (Rafferty, 1999). What is media literacy? Based on definitions provided by conferees at the Annenberg School for Communication (cited in Megee, 1997) and by the Canadian Ministry of Education, media literacy (ML) may be thought of as the ability to critically understand, question and evaluate how media work and produce meaning, how they are organized, how they mediate and construct reality, and how they impact our lives. ML may include the ability to create media products. Fulton (1998) discusses technology-related competencies and curriculum standards defined by various states that may be applied to ML education. Among the six "essential learnings" Illinois desires for its students are the ability to seek and navigate information, to communicate effectively using appropriate technology, and to be responsible citizens in a technological age. Thus, in addition to teaching the technical aspects of handling various media equipment, ML is concerned with helping learners become informed users of media messages.
ENC Online: Media Literacy: Yes, It Fits In Math And Science Classrooms Teaching the media. New York Routledge. Thoman, E. (Accessed 2001). PBS TeacherSource Web Site on media literacy gives classroom activities for http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/literacy/document.shtm?input=FOC-00208
Gender Equity-Media Literacy Teaching Television to Empower Students. Three principles of effective media Details core concepts of media literacy and describes activities to go http://www.genderequity.org/medialit/biblio.html
Extractions: MEDIA LITERACY AND GENDER EQUITY CURRICULUM Bibliography Wayne Wah Kwai Ah. "And Ya Don't Stop, Using Hip Hop in the Language Arts Classroom," Rethinking Schools , Winter 1997/98. "Beyond Blame: Challenging Violence in the Media". Center for Media Literacy, Los Angeles, CA, 1995. A video based community education program. Can be specifically focused for elementary schools, middle schools, teens/adults, and/or parents/caregivers. Contains a total of 31 lesson plans, dozens of short video clips, and 72 hand-out originals. Accessible and easy to use. Catherine Dee. "Media Darling," Chapter 10. The Girl's Guide to Life: How to Take Charge of the Issues that Affect You . Little, Brown, and Co., 1997. Information from the girl's point of view.* The Center for Media Literacy (CML), 4727 Wiltshire Blvd, #403, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. 1-800-226-9494 http://www.medialit.org Clearinghouse for information and publications on media literacy. Publishes quarterly magazine, Media and Values . Excellent resource. "Connecting Activities: TVA Mirror of Reality,"
Report Spotlights Need For Media Literacy Although the survey recognizes the central role for media literacy in helpingchildren to provide inservice education on how to teach media literacy, http://www.bctf.bc.ca/ezine/archive/2003-2004/2004-01/support/29Media.html
Extractions: Teacher Newsmagazine Volume 16, Number 3, January/February 2004 Report spotlights need for media literacy by Dan Blake W hich of the following statements do you think are true? The Simpsons is the most popular TV show for both boys and girls of all ages. For both boys and girls, reading for pleasure decreases consistently with age. Forty-eight percent of children have their own TV set, and 35% have their own VCR. In Grades 3 to 6, roughly 30% of kids claim they never have any adult input about what TV shows they can watch. One of the most interesting findings in the report, "Almost 60% of boys in Grades 3–6 play video or computer games almost every day; even in Grade 10, 38% of boys chart it as a daily activity. For girls, the picture is very different: 33% of Grade 3 girls play interactive games every day; by Grade 10, the figure has dropped to 6%." Those findings have important implications for teachers. Although most of the popular video games have little redeeming value, boys become more comfortable in using computers as a result of playing video games and are thus likely to have better careers in the computer industry. Although the CTF report does not mention it, girls in my secondary school classes spend a lot more time using computers for "instant messaging" with their friends than boys do. That is consistent with the report findings that older girls prefer social activities over the more solitary game playing boys favour. In response to survey questions, boys speak of enjoying the competitive aspect of game playing. Boys say they like to win.
Press Release/Broadcasting Most states have adopted media literacy education into their teaching Recently, local government activities holding media literacy courses for citizens http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/Releases/Broadcasting/news000623_1.html
Extractions: The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) has held meetings of the Study Group on Young People and Media Literacy in the Field of Broadcasting chaired by Junichi Hamada, Dean of Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, since November 1999. After conducting its study, the Study Group compiled a report. The Study Group examined the concept of media literacy, the ability to function in the media society, and proposed a course of action to improve media literacy based upon research into overseas and domestic studies on this issue. Based on the course of action set out in the report, MPT will support the media literacy development of educational materials to aid in the spread of media literacy and is planning to publicize these policies to relevant organizations. What is Media Literacy?
Extractions: Home Library Search Quick Find ... Alumni Your Location University Media Unit News and Events Media Enquiries ... Facts and Figures "Literacy teaching needs to be real, relevant and radical if it is to capture the imaginations of today's students, particularly boys," says Victoria Clay, Assistant Manager of the Boys in Schools program at the University of Newcastle. "Many of the literacy skills that boys use outside school, for instance those related to information and computer technologies, are not readily assessed. Boys have many skills but teachers are not tapping into them and evidence shows that current literacy teaching methods are more likely to appeal to girls' preferred learning styles rather than boys."
Teaching Media Literacy: Yo! Are You Hip To This? WORKSHOP REPORT Integrating media literacy Across the Curriculum Teaching medialiteracy Yo! Are you Hip to This? By Renee Hobbs http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article211.html
Extractions: Media Issues / Topics - Advertising / Consumerism - Computer Literacy / Digital Revolution - Faith-Based Media Literacy - Film Study / Movie-making - Global Media Issues - Health Issues - History of Media - How to Teach Media Literacy - Media Activity Resources - Media Advocacy / Activism - Media Industry / Economics - Music / Music Videos - Production / Creating Media - Student Made Media - TV and Popular Culture - Violence in the Media - Visual Literacy Curriculum / Subject Area - Art / Media Arts - English / Language Arts - Ethics / Character Education - Health / Prevention - Life Skills - Science / Math - Social Studies - Spirituality / Religion Related Articles: WORKSHOP REPORT: Integrating Media Literacy Across the Curriculum 10 Classroom Approaches to Media Literacy How Media Education Is Like What You Already Know Building Citizenship Skills through Media Literacy Education ... 12 Principles for Incorporating Media Literacy into Any Curriculum
Media/Information Literacy @Web English Teacher Resources for working with media/information literacy in the classroom. Don t miss the Teachable Moments and Teaching media links on the For http://www.webenglishteacher.com/media.html
Cable In The Classroom - Media Smart Resources for developing media literacy. This CIC publication makes the casefor teaching media literacy at school and at home. http://www.ciconline.com/Enrichment/MediaLiteracy/
Extractions: HOME WHAT WE DO WHO WE ARE ... Media Smart Media Smart Media Smart Are you media smart? How about your students? Being media smart is sometimes called media literacy , and it means you can access, understand, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages on television, the Internet and other outlets. Those skills can help us interpret the many messages we daily receive from these sourcesby applying the same critical-thinking skills used in reading and writing to other forms of media. Americans get most of our news and other information from the electronic media. Yet until recently, children have not been taught how to thoughtfully examine media messages. Fortunately, media literacy is now part of the curricular frameworks in all 50 states. Explore the links below to get an overview of the key concepts of media literacy, along with ideas for using those concepts with your students. Media Literacy 101 A ten-part online primer for parents and teachers, Media Literacy 101 covers the key concepts of media literacy and provides examples and activities that illustrate and illuminate each point. Digital Ethics Media literacy and digital ethics go hand in hand. Where media literacy teaches students how to understand, analyze and create media, digital ethics is all about teaching ethical, courteous, safe, and productive behavior while using digital media.
2005 AMC - Media Literacy Symposium Join us for the Third Annual Symposium on media literacy in Education! This hands on activity meets all state s health teaching standards. http://www.clamormagazine.org/amc/mls.html
Extractions: Join us for the Third Annual Symposium on Media Literacy in Education! Analyzing and producing media in the classroom can be used to educate and empower youth and to strengthen democracy and democratic ideals. This one-day symposium includes interactive workshops that provide practical information on using video, print, photography, and the Internet to empower your students. Learn how to use media in your classroom to complement your curriculum and teach critical analysis skills! Keep your students interested and informed by using media!
